Police announce ₹2lakh reward for clue on culprits
PANIPAT GOLD HEIST Cops investigating into the case have failed to trace miscreants so far
KARNAL: Unable to trace the culprits involved in the robbery of gold and cash worth ₹ 4.8 crore from a private finance company, the Panipat police have announced ₹ 2-lakh cash reward for any clue about the accused.
Three police teams have been working for the past two days, but they failed to get any information about the accused so far.
Three people had entered a branch of the Indian Infoline Finance Limited on Sanauli road in Paninpat on Monday morning and took away gold and ₹2.45 cash from the bank at gunpoint.
Interacting with mediapersons, Panipat deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jagdeep
Doon, who is leading the investigation in the case, said the police have decided to give a cash award of ₹2 lakh for any clue about the accused.
He said the police investigation visited the branch in the past three-four days.
The police claimed to have recovered CCTV footage in which two suspects were seen, but their faces were covered.
Doon said the accused will be arrested soon. He sought cooperation from the people in sending the accused behind the bars.
The miscreants had snatched the keys of lockers from cashier Sonia at gun point and taken away the gold and cash of ₹ 2.45 lakh. They had also taken away the recorder of the CCTV cameras, leaving the police clueless. There was no security guard appointed by the company, which was running two branches in Karnal for the past six years. The firm had given loans of about Rs 2.82 crore to 427 people.